A Photographer’s Life

Tim Parkin

Tim Parkin is a British landscape photographer, writer, and editor best known as the co-founder of On Landscape magazine, where he explores the art and practice of photographing the natural world. His work is thoughtful and carefully crafted, often focusing on subtle details and quiet moments in the landscape rather than dramatic vistas. Alongside his photography and writing, he co-founded the Natural Landscape Photography Awards, serves as a judge for other international competitions. Through all these projects, Parkin has become a respected and influential voice in contemporary landscape photography.

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My first encounter with Jack Dykinga’s work was with the publication “The World’s Top Landscape Photographers”. Despite the ‘Top Trump’esque moniker, the book is actually a pretty good cross-section of some of the best talent of that era and three double-page spreads were dedicated to Jack’s work.

Shortly thereafter, a colleague of mine bought me Jack’s “Large Format Nature Photography” as a bit of a joke (Ha ha! You’d have to be mad to use those ridiculous cameras!) but regardless of the intended goal of the book in educating the budding large format photographer, it was the images that really stood out for me. Carefully crafted slides of American mid-west with exquisite composition.